
GOP is not embracing gays, no matter what Peter Thiel says
Peter Thiel, Trump's gay surrogate, doesn't speak for the interests of all LGBTQ people.

Trump: The Great Disconnector
You see much in the country that is worrying and a seemingly endless parade of do-nothing politicians; you are going to raise your voice proudly in favor of change.

Emanuel re-elected, but progressives are real winners
The reawakening of a broad-based progressive coalition will have political consequences well beyond this election, through new electoral infrastructure.

In New York, Lhota leans right
Lhota has a big problem: he wants to continue Bloomberg's pro Wall Street policies, but to get votes he must paint himself as a liberal. It appears that tactic is not going to fly.

Young Latino voters -- an emerging giant
"The Emerging Hispanic Electorate: The Young Giant Awakens," a survey of 1,500 Hispanics, ages 16 to 29, has just been released by Democracia, and contains both good and bad news for big and little "d," democratic politics.

